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emptiness

emp·ti·ness

US/ˈɛmtinʌs/ fairly common

noun

1.

the state of containing nothing

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2.

having an empty stomach

3.

an empty area or space

  • “the huge desert voids”
  • “the emptiness of outer space”
  • “without their support he”
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4.

the quality of being valueless or futile

  • “he rejected the vanities of the world”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.

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